Rare commodities are worth more than good.
More Chinese Proverbs:
Be first in the field, the last to the couch.Chinese
If you have money and wine, your friends will be many.
Chinese
He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.
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Know thyself to know others, for heart beats like heart.
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The first hen that cackles is the one that laid the egg.
Chinese
With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.
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